Senior Software Engineer

Forward Deployed Engineer – London Location: London, 4 days per week onsite Travel: Up to 25% to customer sites Type: Full-time Stack: JavaScript, TypeScript, browser internals, CI/CD About the role A fast-growing developer-tools company is hiring one of its first Forward Deployed Engineers. Its product automatically generates and maintains frontend browser tests, so engineers no longer have to write and maintain them by hand. After several years building the core technology, the company is now scaling quickly. You'll work closely with the core engineering team and report directly to the CTO. The role is highly technical and heavily customer-facing, with roughly 80–90% of your time spent with customers. It is not a Solutions Architect or pre-sales position. You'll write production code and make changes to the core product. You'll own customers end-to-end, from technical discovery and pilot through integration, deployment and expansion. Your counterparts will be VPs of Engineering, Staff+ engineers and technical leaders at high-growth technology companies. What you'll do Understand complex customer architectures and design integrationsDebug unfamiliar codebases, browser internals, CI/CD integrations and web APIsWrite and ship production code to unblock customer deploymentsBuild new product functionality where customer requirements expose gapsLead technical pilots and own customer relationshipsFeed customer learnings directly into the product roadmapHelp build the FDE playbook, tooling and processes from scratch What we're looking for 3–8 years' experience with strong, recent hands-on codingA background in a demanding, high-growth startup environment, such as founding engineer, ex-founder, strong startup engineer or highly technical product engineerExcellent algorithmic and logical problem-solving skillsComfort navigating and debugging complex, unfamiliar systems, rather than relying on knowledge of one particular stackCommunication skills to work directly with senior engineering leadersA strong academic background, ideally a CS degree from a top university. Without one, evidence of exceptional technical ability, such as competitive programming, significant open-source work or coding from an early age. Strong signals Founding engineer or founder experienceBuilding a product from 0 to scaleExperience at an elite technical companyHackathon or competitive programming successAnother clear technical "spike" This role may not suit you if You're a Solutions Architect or consultant who hasn't coded recentlyYou want a pure individual-contributor engineering role with minimal customer contactYou're looking for predictable hours with no travel What's on offer Founding-level scope in a new functionDirect access to the CTO and core engineering teamOwnership of major customer relationshipsSignificant equityVisa sponsorship and transfers available Feel free to message me directly to find out more!